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adjective
- 1. erratic; out of control: informal "her imagination had gone haywire"
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The meaning of HAYWIRE is being out of order or having gone wrong. How to use haywire in a sentence. Did you know?
HAYWIRE definition: 1. to stop working, often in a way that is very sudden and noticeable: 2. to stop working, often…. Learn more.
HAYWIRE meaning: 1. to stop working, often in a way that is very sudden and noticeable: 2. to stop working, often…. Learn more.
Haywire definition: wire used to bind bales of hay. . See examples of HAYWIRE used in a sentence.
1. Not functioning or happening in a proper or orderly fashion: machinery that went haywire; an experiment that went haywire. 2. Mentally confused or erratic; crazy: The traveler went haywire over the endless delays. [From the use of baling wire for makeshift repairs .]
noun. 1. wire for tying up bales of hay, straw, etc. adjective Informal. 2. out of order; disorganized; confused. 3. crazy. Idioms: go haywire.
When something goes haywire, it's out of control or completely chaotic. You'll sense that things have gone haywire at a birthday party if suddenly the young guests are having a crazed water gun fight indoors.
Definition of haywire adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
• Everything would go haywire if he saw her. • He repeated it thousands of times, like a haywire metronome that had lost its beat. • The figure looked familiar, but his thinking was too haywire to allow recognition for a moment or two. Origin haywire (1900-2000) From the use of hay-tying wire for quick repairs
Roughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit (from the use of haywire for temporary repairs). Wiktionary Behaving erratically or uncontrollably, especially of a machine or mechanical process; usually used with the verb "go".
